DESKTOP WEB DESIGN

MOBILE WEB DESIGN

• ·Though there are different screen resolutions for different desktops, the number is still manageable. Moreover, most PCs support resolutions of about 1024 X 768 pixels.

• Desktop based websites provide vertical as well as horizontal scrolling. Thus, you can make a landscape website and it would render well.

• CSS and Flash elements are very easily rendered in desktop-based website designs

• Navigation of desktop based websites can be complex and multi-layered i.e. you can have primary, secondary and even third layer of navigation. Multiple layers will help to make the navigation more intuitive and enrich the user experience on the website. You can use tabbed navigation, drop down menus and so on.

• Desktop-oriented website can support huge volumes of content and include images and graphics to enhance its visual appeal.

• Desktop based websites are build on HTML.

• The screen sizes of mobiles vary from device to device. And as many the type of devices so much difference will there be in the way a website is rendered. There are Feature phones, Smart phones with comparatively larger screens and PDAs with even larger screens.

• The default settings of mobile phones only support vertical scrolling. And if your website is too wide, it is cramped into the available space with no regards to the presentation of content. Of course you can change the default setting and enable horizontal scrolling but that would mean viewing the website in bits and parts.

•  Mobile browsers are unable to render CSS and Flash elements and therefore any website based on that would be unavailable on the mobile web. If you do need to add special CSS features to your mobile website, consider using MCSS.

• The navigation structure of mobile websites are best kept simple and uncomplicated because of the limited screen size and constrained navigational ability. It is advisable to use a vertical list of options that list the basic and most important navigation options.

• Mobile websites have limited space. Therefore, only the most important content needs to be included here. All the additional imagery should be done away with.

• Mobile websites are build using WML. The default mobile browsers do not recognize HTML and thus do not render any HTML based websites. Though the latest smart phones are able to support both HTML and WML, you cannot overlook the population with not-so-smart phones!